China News Service, March 28, reported that the Biden administration of the United States has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to stop fingerprinting staff and volunteers in order to expedite the handling of thousands of illegal immigrant children in Border Patrol emergency detention centers. Background review.

In this regard, child welfare experts expressed concern and said it would harm the safety of children.

Data map: Palm View, Texas, USA. Border Patrol agents are searching for illegal immigrants.

  Currently, the U.S. Border Patrol Emergency Detention Center is overcrowded and is accused of being unsuitable for detention.

In order to expedite the departure of illegal immigrant children detained here, the Biden administration team adopted new measures, including switching to tent camps, convention centers, and others operated by private contractors and funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Large facilities.

  The report pointed out that these practices have been adopted by many US governments before.

In March alone, the Biden administration announced the establishment of 8 new emergency shelters in South Texas, adding 15,000 beds, more than twice the current size.

These emergency shelters do not require state permission, nor do they need to provide the same services as the permanent facilities of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, but their costs are much higher, with an average cost of $775 per child per day.

  In addition, in order to expedite the release of these illegal immigrant children and enable them to obtain placement, the Biden government has exempted the procedures of fingerprints and background checks on relevant staff and volunteers. The original intention of this procedure is to protect children in the asylum center.

  However, the Federal Ministry of Health and Human Services issued a statement stating that the relevant staff and volunteers "still have to pass an open criminal record review."

Generally speaking, the review of public criminal records takes relatively short time and depends on the relevant personnel to provide correct identification information. If someone deliberately commits a fraud, the review can still be avoided.

  According to the report, officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and Human Services admitted that the FBI's fingerprint review provides a unique guarantee for the exemption of relevant personnel from fingerprint review.

He said that although other methods can identify whether the subject under review has committed criminal and sexual crimes, they are not as extensive as the FBI fingerprint review background.